Tunisia

A delegation from the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs has met with Rached Ghannouchi in his capacity as Speaker of Parliament, along with his deputies, Samira Chaouachi and...

Tunisia's Parliament Speaker and leader of Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, will continue performing Taraweeh prayers during the holy month of Ramadan in public mosques, despite the recent attempt to attack...

Far-right French presidential candidate and leader of the National Rally Party, Marine Le Pen, has sparked a wave of criticism after she said the late Tunisian leader Habib Bourguiba banned the...

Tunisia and France today discussed cooperation in the field of protecting young people against "violent extremism". This came in talks between Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden and Gilles Kepel,...

Twenty-one civil society groups in Tunisia condemned the Ministry of the Interior on Monday for its policies and practices, and warned of the growing sense of anger among large...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said protests being held in the country are a message that citizens want parliament to remain in session and that they stand against measures...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement has accused supporters of President Kais Saied of attempting to assault its leader and Parliament Speaker, Rached Ghannouchi, as he was leaving a mosque in the...

The European Union (EU) has said that its continued support for Tunisia is dependent on it returning to the democratic course and constitutional institutions. Meanwhile, the opposition expressed its...

Anti-terrorism security authorities in Tunisia have begun questioning MPs on Friday regarding their participation in a virtual final parliamentary session a few hours before it was dissolved. Ayachi Zammel,...

A Tunisian military court, on Friday, ruled to sentence journalist, Amer Ayyad, and lawmaker, Abdul Latif Al-Alawi to prison, said the defendants' lawyer, Anadolu News Agency reports. Ayyad will...

Tunisia is facing the risk of outbreak of unprecedented violence as a result of President Kais Saied's hold on power, the International Crisis Group (ICG) warned. The ICG explained: "The...

Tunisian President Kais Saied is preparing to launch a national dialogue, which he says will end the system that came after the fall of former President Zine El Abidine...

Tunisian 25 July movement yesterday called for the "dissolution of the Islamic Ennahda movement, the departure of the previous regime, and the achievement of the goals of the July...

Experts from the UN Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) confirmed, on Wednesday 6 April 2022, that Tunisia has made progress in the prevention of torture through establishing an...

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that the Independent High Authority for Elections will supervise any future polls, "but not in its current structure," Anadolu has reported. Saied...

A Tunisian delegation will travel to Washington on 18 April for a week of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economy Minister Samid Saied said yesterday. Saied added...

The Tunisian Ennahda movement confirmed that the Court of Auditors' proposal to abolish the membership of all its lists in all governorates, except for the governorates of El Kef...

The World Bank, on Wednesday, signed a $400 million loan agreement with Tunisia to help the country mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anadolu News Agency reports. The...

President Kais Saied stressed on Tuesday that he rejects any kind of "interference" in Tunisia's internal affairs. In a statement issued after a meeting with his Minister of Foreign...

The Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) yesterday expressed its "deep regret and concern" over the recent dissolution of the Tunisian parliament. "Keeping parliaments open around the world is...

The Tunisian Foreign Ministry announced its rejection of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements regarding the dissolution of the Tunisian Parliament. According to Russia Today the ministry expressed its great astonishment...

Tunisia's Parliament Speaker, Rached Ghannouchi, said yesterday that parliament will continue to convene virtually, Al-Quds Al-Araby reported. Speaking to the German News Agency, Ghannouchi's remarks came days after the...

A Tunisian civil society group has denounced the president's referral of members of parliament for investigation by the judiciary. The National Committee for the Defence of People's Representatives also...

The dissolution of Tunisia's parliament is a "blow to the will of the Tunisian people," the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned yesterday. Erdogan told reporters that he was...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement has rejected President Kais Saied's decision to dissolve parliament, describing it as a "flagrant violation of the constitution," Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. The movement added that...

The committee for the defence of Tunisian parliamentarians confirmed today that the State Public Prosecution decided to postpone tomorrow's session to investigate seven parliamentarians including Speaker of the House...

Tunisia will improve detention conditions and reduce overcrowding in prisons, Prime Minister Najla Bouden told a delegation from the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) yesterday. Bouden emphasised...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of his country's parliament last week, eight months after freezing the institution, when he "stabbed the Jasmine Revolution in its back" and...

Leader of the Ennahda Movement Noureddine Bhiri on Friday accused Tunisian President Kais Saied and Minister of Interior Taoufik Charfeddine of "attempting to assassinate" him. On 31 December, 2021,...

Speaker of the dissolved Tunisian Parliament Rached Ghannouchi confirmed on Friday that the people of his country are "well and resist autocracy", describing President Kais Saied's decision to dissolve...

Tunisian President Kais Saied and Head of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi announced on Friday that they share similar views on reforming the country's political crisis,...

On Thursday, civil and human rights activists carried out a protest in front of Ben Arous Court, south of Tunis, calling for prosecution of security forces related to the...